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Waking the Dead volume 6
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English
Description
Boyd and the team now have evidence to show that Annie Keel might be innocent of the murders of her husband Jeff Keel and Giles Mantel, the eight-year-old son of a neighbour. If she's innocent why did she confess? Annie's own eight-year-old son, Sam, was there that night in 1975 - Boyd wants him found but nobody knows where he is or even who he is.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 1
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English
Description
Death by natural causes, suicide or murder. These are the only options Boyd gives Marina Coleman who is unable to put her father's death to rest. Marina is obsessed with finding the truth but Boyd is not sure she can take it. Boyd reluctantly takes on the case and finds that there's more to this murder than meets the eye.
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
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English
Description
The body of public hero WPC Debbie Britten is found in the Thames one year after she disappeared. When the Cold Case squad discover that every detail of Debbie's life was witnessed by two stalkers they're faced with a dilemma - is one of them the killer or do they know who is?
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
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English
Description
Some old photographic negatives provide vital clues for the investigation. Then when the team exhume Perry Coleman's body the case takes on a macabre twist. DNA tests prove that either Perry Coleman is not Marina's father or that the body they've exhumed is not Perry Coleman.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
Boyd and his team have tracked down Debbie Britten's married lover - he admits they were having an affair but denies killing her. Meanwhile, stalker Christopher Redford admits to killing Debbie but Grace doesn't believe he did it. Boyd and his team need to use all their skills to find the real killer and the forensic evidence to prove it.
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Frankie learns that the skeleton and a priest may be related as both show symptoms of Huntington's Chorea. The hunt is on for the killer and the victim's mother. Meanwhile, the investigation opens old wounds for Boyd, still in despair over the disappearance of his own son.
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 5
Language
English
Description
Twenty five years ago Annie Keel confessed to the murder of her husband, Jeff, and eight-year-old Giles Mantel, a neighbour's son. Annie was found covered in blood and holding a carving knife. The mere mention of Annie Keel's name strikes horror in the minds of the public - no one wants to face up to the idea that she might be innocent. No one, that is, except the Cold Case Team.
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Series
Waking the Dead volume 3
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English
Description
When a skeleton is discovered in a Church crypt Boyd and his team suspect it was never meant to be found. The evidence leads them to believe the body is that of a blind man. The team interview the local community and awaken deeply hidden family secrets that force Boyd to look at his own past.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 1
Language
English
Description
Thomas Rice, known as The Gambler, was jailed for murdering five women in the late 1980s. So when a stalker begins to harass the only living victim of the jailed serial killer, Boyd reinvestigates his pet theory that Thomas had a partner, who is still on the loose.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Revenge for a fatal miscarriage of justice in the early 60s seems to be behind the execution of the members of the jury. Boyd seeks help from the former investigating officer. They dig up Frank's body from Bethnal Green cemetery, to match DNA. Forensic work reveals that the body is not Frank's. So who is it? And where is Frank Sutton?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
Threatened by the investigation, Joanna Gold's killer has struck again and now begins to stalk her younger sister, Clara. She persuades Boyd to let her wear the red dress and go onto the Heath in an attempt to catch her stalker. When the Commissioner hears of this dangerous plan, he furiously intervenes. Boyd is in deep trouble.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 3
Language
English
Description
Harry Newman is an old man, dying in a London nursing home. When he makes deathbed confession of twelve separate 'unauthorized killings', the Cold Case Team are called onto the trail of a suspected serial killer and his executioner. They embark on an investigation to discover the facts surrounding the deaths of each of the names on Harry's deathbed list.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
Language
English
Description
Boyd's theory seems to have been proved right and the Gambler's partner is apparently active once more. He has abducted a young woman. The team are up against time in tracing her and her abductor. Can they read the cards before another life is gambled away?
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
Language
English
Description
Beautiful 18-year-old Joanna Gold famously disappeared in broad daylight on Hampstead Heath in 1989. Now her famous red dress has been discovered in a lock-up in Kings Cross. Boyd is certain that when he finds the owner of the lock-up, he'll have found Joanna's murderer.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 6
Language
English
Description
The team's quest to find the murderer is leading them further up the political ladder. Government secrecy does not make their life easy. Pressure is applied from above as Boyd closes on his quarry. Grace tries to urge Boyd to be cautious but he ignores her and risks his career to get to the truth.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 5
Language
English
Description
The team reinvestigates the unsolved murder of Home Office advisor Katherine Reed. Katherine was a prominent feminist academic who swapped sides to join the establishment. Boyd and the team discover a trail of intrigue that leads all the way to the top.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 2
Language
English
Description
The case against Carl Mackenzie unravels further when the team discover a potential link between the massacre from the multistory car park in the UK and a massacre at a mine on an island off the coast of Africa. Mel, meanwhile, is suspicious of DCI Boyd's reluctance to dig deeper, and his unquestioning acceptance of the only eyewitness statement.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 7
Language
English
Description
Mel's celebrations at being promoted to sergeant are cut short when a mummified body is discovered in a garbage bin. As the team begins to dissect the remains, an anonymous call leads them to a house in Notting Hill which featured in Gerry Raistrick's controversial Sixties film about gang warfare – which may not have been so fictional after all.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 8
Language
English
Description
The gangster responsible for the bodies behind the walls in the Notting Hill house is still active today and the unearthing of past events provokes more murders and an international turf war. When Gerry Raistrick is murdered, the team realize that Frannie Henning, daughter of one of the original victims, knew more about the murders than she had admitted.
Author
Series
Waking the Dead volume 4
Language
English
Description
Following the murder of Mark Lovell's cousin, the team establish that Mark has a watertight alibi. The search for the real murderer narrows down to the remaining family members. The discovery of drug-running deals and witness protection muddies the waters of the investigation.
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